November / December, 2009

From the search for soul to the need to make a difference, this issue of interactions highlights the push toward social, authentic, and interdisciplinary design. This represents a significant challenge; we hope you find a way to embrace this challenge in your daily work.

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As the global war on HIV/AIDS continues to grow, there have been focused efforts in HIV-transmission prevention work and preventative intervention design and implementation in the developing world. However, domestic needs are also ever present and rising. In published remarks made during the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference held in Atlanta, GA, Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, stated that "while we've made strides in Africa and around the world, our progress here in the US has stalled."

Woodrow W. Winchester, III is an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Tech. A faculty affiliate of Virginia Tech's Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI), Winchester directs the Laboratory for User-Centric Innovation in Design (LUCID) and is the co-founder and a program coordinator of Building Interfaces for Tomorrow's Technology: The Virginia Tech Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Human-Computer Interaction, sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Click here to continue exploring Woodrow's cover story, "Catalyzing a Perfect Storm: Mobile Phone-Based HIV Prevention and Behavioral Intervention".